The Watches To Buy Your Significant Other This Holiday Season, If You're A Serious Watch Guy

It is our duty as purveyors and pundits of fine wristwear to help you identify those timepieces that belong in your collection - the pieces that really matter today, and will continue to matter generations down the line. Occasionally we forget, though, that behind every great man's watch, there is is a great woman's watch. And today, we are here to bring you some of the finest wristwatches on the planet, for your better half.

It is our duty as purveyors and pundits of fine wristwear to help you identify those timepieces that belong in your collection - the pieces that really matter today, and will continue to matter generations down the line. Occasionally we forget, though, that behind every great man's watch, there is is a great woman's watch. And today, we are here to bring you some of the finest wristwatches on the planet, for your better half.

But don't think we've gone soft on you. Each of the watches we've selected not only for its beauty and grace, but also for its true horological hard-coredness - we're talking manually-wound column-wheel chronographs, double-retrogrades from Agenhor, in-house world-timers, and other exceptional timepieces that just happen to be made for women. So sit back, relax, and take a look at some of the finest watches in the world designed for the lady in your life.

PATEK PHILIPPE

Ladies First Chronograph, Ref. 7071G

$98,000

The blue dial and diamond bezel on this Ladies First might be what catch your attention, but inside is the caliber CH 29-535, Patek Philippe's first in-house manually-wound chronograph, which debuted in this watch.

The Reine de Naples is an icon in the world of women's watches, and this example has an elegantly curved steel case and sapphire crystal with a beautiful mother of pearl dial and moon-cut hands. You also get signature Breguet technology, like the silicon balance spring in the automatic movement.

The classic Gerald Genta designed Royal Oak rendered entirely in rose gold (including the killer bracelet). The 37mm size and diamond bezel set it apart from the men's models and the white dial makes the whole watch visually lighter.

From the Poetic Complications collection, this piece features a white gold case, diamond accents (including the clasp), a lacquer and onyx dial, and a gold and mother-of-pearl sculpture used to indicate the time. The dual retrograde butterflies are powered by a movement designed by none other than Jean-Marc Wiederrecht.

The Midnight is decorated with diamonds on the bezel, lugs, and hour markers at 3, 6, 9, and 12. Around the crown at 3 o'clock are the three signature Harry Winston arches, also diamond set. The automatic movement also displays the date, which you can find in the small, elegant window at 6 o'clock.

An automatic caliber 967A movement powers this 29mm beauty. The blue and white dial with matching exotic strap is clean and easy to read, and the graphic day-night indicator at 6 o'clock is elegant and unique.